Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive (ST1000DM010)

As the title suggests, this is nothing but a functional hard drive. It performs like a hard drive, even sounds like a hard drive. From my experience, nearly all hard drives are the same given that they spin at the same speeds, the only difference usually is longevity...I had this hard drive for almost a year now, I've written a bit more than 10TB to it in the course of that time, and already it's starting to show its age. Currently, if I put this hard drive into a hot swappable drive bay, it would vibrate hard enough to cause the tray to clatter against the bay (a very unpleasing sound). It just rubs that sore by also introducing a screeching noise whenever it is being used, the source unknown, I would suppose it's the platter against the spindle. Despite that, it ... MoreAs the title suggests, this is nothing but a functional hard drive. It performs like a hard drive, even sounds like a hard drive. From my experience, nearly all hard drives are the same given that they spin at the same speeds, the only difference usually is longevity...I had this hard drive for almost a year now, I've written a bit more than 10TB to it in the course of that time, and already it's starting to show its age. Currently, if I put this hard drive into a hot swappable drive bay, it would vibrate hard enough to cause the tray to clatter against the bay (a very unpleasing sound). It just rubs that sore by also introducing a screeching noise whenever it is being used, the source unknown, I would suppose it's the platter against the spindle. Despite that, it still functions perfectly fine, albeit with abit of annoyance.In general, this is below my expectations and generally I would only recommend this as a drive for mass game storage or otherwise unimportant and/or backed-up files. Take a look at Toshiba or WD drives if you want to buy storage for important purposes.

HDD has been going & fast since purchased with as a bundle with a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO last year (May 2015). If it's a lemon, would have shown by now, in it's 3rd & final for sometime to come PC. While I run SSD's for OS's installs, did once install Windows 7 to this HDD & was shocked, much faster than the previous gen (SATA-2, 32MB cache) WD Caviar Black, among my first purchases from Newegg. What a difference a generation makes! And while was a loyal WD fan (still am for their RE4 drives), this Seagate won me over, in fact, one exactly like it shipped with my XPS 8700 in late 2013, have saved 'as is' for now because have an extended warranty that expires in 2017. Then will have two of these babies.;-) Note that while I trust this model, don't care to go over 1TB, ... MoreHDD has been going & fast since purchased with as a bundle with a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO last year (May 2015). If it's a lemon, would have shown by now, in it's 3rd & final for sometime to come PC. While I run SSD's for OS's installs, did once install Windows 7 to this HDD & was shocked, much faster than the previous gen (SATA-2, 32MB cache) WD Caviar Black, among my first purchases from Newegg. What a difference a generation makes! And while was a loyal WD fan (still am for their RE4 drives), this Seagate won me over, in fact, one exactly like it shipped with my XPS 8700 in late 2013, have saved 'as is' for now because have an extended warranty that expires in 2017. Then will have two of these babies.;-) Note that while I trust this model, don't care to go over 1TB, because when reading the reviews (I actually take the time to go at least 15 pages deep if possible), the larger the drive, the more percentage of negative reviews. That's why I chose this model, and while I wasn't looking for a SSD at the time, the Samsung 850 EVO added only $30 to the cost (or the other way around), was a killer deal for a total of $99 plus shipping. Finally, if I had to do it all over again, would still go for this HDD, because compared to the newer version which will eventually supercede it, the reviews are better as a percentage. May purchase another just to have it, when one finds a winner, that's what matters the most. Get one of these while you can, because when gone, will be on the secondary markets, likely used & 2x the cost.

In the past decades, hard drive capacity been growing and beginning to break down a lot easier. Yes, the hard drive companies been giving utilities to clone, back up, check hard drive status. But never any to keep them maintained, like defrag or sector repair. Been going through Hard drive break downs a lot easier today, specially SSDs. Not only the Hard drive alone, but pcb boards. Ever try to replace one?..... Very expensive for just board replacement. I have one hard drive put away with very important files. Hard drives turns off and on by itself. I check for power shutdown timer in windows, and it is not the problem. Other hard drives slow down. So once in awhile I have to keep buying hard drives and cloning, and backing up. Hard drives piling up in the home ... MoreIn the past decades, hard drive capacity been growing and beginning to break down a lot easier. Yes, the hard drive companies been giving utilities to clone, back up, check hard drive status. But never any to keep them maintained, like defrag or sector repair. Been going through Hard drive break downs a lot easier today, specially SSDs. Not only the Hard drive alone, but pcb boards. Ever try to replace one?..... Very expensive for just board replacement. I have one hard drive put away with very important files. Hard drives turns off and on by itself. I check for power shutdown timer in windows, and it is not the problem. Other hard drives slow down. So once in awhile I have to keep buying hard drives and cloning, and backing up. Hard drives piling up in the home with important files (family photos, documents, etc) This hard drive I use as a back up drive.